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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16
Habits of Sharks.

OF the large sharks one of the COM
monest is the fox shark, or thrasher.
1t is found on the British and on the
Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, as
also on the coasts of California and
New Zealand. The thrasher reaches a
length of fifteen feet, of which the
tail takes more than One-half, and is
quite harmless to man. 1t follows the
shoals of behring's, pilchards, and
spratS in their migrations, destroying
incredible numbers. Its method of
attack gives it its name, as in feeding
it uses the long tail for splashing the
surface of the water, while it swims in
gradually decreasing circles around a
shoal of fishes which are thus kept so
crowded together as to fall an easy
prey to their enemy.
Gunther does not credit the state
ment that it has been seen to attack
whales and other large cetaceans, and
thinks they rest upon erroneous OBJ
servation.
The basking shark is the largest of
the north Atlantic sharks, growing to
length of more than thirty feet On
the west coast of Ireland it is chased
for the oil, which is extracted from the
liver, one fish yielding from a ton to a
ton and a half. 1t derives its name
from the fact that many specimens
may be seen in calm weather living
together motionless, with the upper
part of the back raised above the sur
face of the water.
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Mr.. Bowser and the Hired Girl.

/ When we began housekeeping and
got our first hired girl, Mr.. Bowser
called me into the library. shut the
door, and dropped his voice down to
| the confidential pitch and said:
Mrs. Bowser, let's start out right.
Let's respect the feelings of that poor
girl in the kitchen"
Certainly"
s'She's Just as good as we are, and
we mustn't put on any airs over her.
She shall eat at the table with US, and
if she has any time from her work you
might learn her how to sing and play
the piano"
Il can't quite agree with you, Mr..
Bowser."
"Oh, you can't? Woman's mortal
enemy is woman. Well, I'm going out
and have little talk with Eliza and
tell her what I'm willing to do"
/ listened at the kitchen door. Mr..
BOwser is no man to beat about the
bush. He went right at the business
in hand by saying:
Eliza, nobility does not consist in
riches"
She slid away from him toward the
sink.
you are not to blame for being in
your present position. How would
you like TO take singing lessons?"
She looked at him with an open
mouth.
And learn to play the piano?"
She opened her mouth still wider.
And, perhaps, learn how to sketch
and paint?"
She seized a pail of water in the
sink and whirled on him with:
You Internal cross-eyed old repro
bate, to talk to an innocent girl in that
fashion! Get out of my kitchen or I'll
drown you in minute!'
When we sat down to supper l
wondered why Eliza hadn't put on a
plate for herself, and | asked Mr..
Bowser when should begin her piano
lessons.
MRS. Bowser, have you lost the little
sense you possessed two or three
months ago?' he hotly exclaimed
Detroit Free Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16
A Mistake at an Auction.

They have a new and elegant
house and they are still going to
auctions. They keep their eyes open
all the time and they examine every
piece of bric-a-brac they come across.
They are busy getting bargains to add
to the beauty of the establishment, and
when they don't see anything fitted for
the dining-room they look out for
something to furnish the backyard
with. They tell you the breakfast
room is in redwood and the staircases
finished in cedar and the bannisters
maple and the kitchen floor is brick,
all in the same breath. Well, he saw
a lovely dinner set at an auction he
tumbled into a few days ago. He
thought to himself. "I'll get that, and
the wife will be delighted" There
was a crowd, and when the set was put
up he bid for it. 1t went up and up
and up, until it got to $40 Then only
he and another bidder were in the field.
They had it lively until it got up to $50,
when his rival weakened and the auc-
tioneer called out:
mo more, ma'am? Going, going,
gone to Mr.. Johnson at $50"
Then the other bidder rose suddenly,
took look, screamed:
my husband!' and tainted.
They arrange before they go in
the morning now not to hunt in the
same part of town.-Sdn francisco
Chronicle.
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ASTONISHING SUCCESS.

1t is the duty of every person who has
used BOschee'S German Syrup to let its
wonderful qualities be known to theil
friends in curing Consumption, severe
Coughs, Group, Asthma, Pneumonia,
and in fact all throat and lung diseases
No person can use it without immediate
relief. Three doses will relieve any case,
and we consider it the duty of all Drug
gists to recommend it to the poor, dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle,
as $4,000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where it failed was
reported. Such medicine as the Ger.
man Syrup cannot be too widely known.
Ask your druggist about it. Sample
bottles to try, sold at 10 cents Regular
size, IS cents. Sold by all Druggists
and Dealers, in the United States and
Canada. nov11
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BLOOMINGTON, III. Sept. Is. 1882

BLOOMINGTON, I'LL, Sept. Is, 1882.
Messrs. T. j. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo,
o.: Have taken Halls Catarrh Cure.
Had catarrh all my life; am IS years Old.
Had asthma 10 years, aud dreadful
cough for five years. Have taken every
thing; went to the Hot Springs; | have
doctored with the doctors here; / have
done nothing but take medicine for 10
years. When | commenced using Hall S
Catarrh Cure, | was almost dead. | sent
for the doctor the day I got Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, and l told him that L would
die any way and that [ would try your
medicine. | was very bad. How | suf
fered for 9 years. could hardly breathe
at times. | saw Halls Catarrh Cure adj
vertised in the papers and commenced
taking it. / would have been under the
ground to day if it had not been for that.
L have not had one bad spell of coughing
since. In breathing my head feels well
and [ am well. 1t has done me thou
sand dollars worth of good. There are
ten of my friends, on seeing what 1t had
done for me, taking it, and it is helping
them. only wish that every one who
has catarrb, asthma and bad cough
couAu ste Int, 81 tLat cotlIo zen tutu
all to take it. All that know me here
know how l have suffered. Ct have been
here since 1885, end say to me that 81
am 80 glad yen found something that
could cure you" Everyone says, chow
much better you look" The doctors
say they ere glad / found Halls Catarrh
Cure as they could not cure me.
/ cannot express my gratitude to you
for the good Halls Catarrh Cure has
done me. You can use as much of this
letter as will do the afflicted good. Pub
iish it TO the whole world-it is all true
and they should know it.
JOSEPHINE CHRISTIAN
406 East North sire ct.
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Probably the nineteen twentieths Of
the happiness you will ever have you
will get at home. The independence that
comes to man when his work is over
aud he feels like he has run out of the
storm into the harhor of home where he
can rest in peace with his family, is some,
thing real. 1t does not make much diff
ference whether you have but one little
room in that house, you can make that
room true home to You. You can PEG
pie it with such moods, you can turn to
it with such sweet fancies, that it Will be
fairly luminous with their presence, and
will be to you the very perfection of a
home. Against this home none OF you
should ever transgress. You should al
ways treat each other with courtesy. 1t
is often not so difficult to love person
as to be courteous to him. Courtesy is of
great value and more royal grace than
some people seem to think. If You will
but be courteous to each other you will
soon learn to love each other more wise
ly, profoundly, not to say lastingly, than
you ever did before.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16
The Traditions of Feathers.

Who can imagine gallant cavalier
of Eye olden time going off to the
wars without a waving plume in his
cap? Why, its absence would so en-
tirely mar the effect that the knight
would scarcely seem worth ones adj
miration. Long before the age of
chivalry quaint ideas were extant re-
garding feathers, and some of our
well-known sayings owe their origin
to the waving plumes.
ITO plume ones self" comes from
the Hungarians, who placed in their
caps a feather for each Turk killed,
and therefore were decorated accord
ING to valor The use of the white
feather as a sign of withdrawal from a
contest or as a truce undoubtedly arose
from the fact that in leaving the field
the white feathers were most easily
seen. The sending of a white feather
to one who intended fighting meant
usually warning from some friend
that discretion would be the better
cart Of Yalor,
The question has often been asked
why the fearf,-"s Of the peacock, beau
tif1l as they are, have the reputation
of bringing bad luck to the "ea:ef'
The East Indians and the North Amer
lean Indians believe that feathers en-
dow their owner with the vices or
virtues of the bird from which they
are plucked, and as the peacock is
vain, arrogant, and greedy he can
scarcely endow one with all the vir-
tues. The kingfisher has been highly
honored bird, and to possess one of
his feathers or a bit OF the skin has
meant great fortune. The Tartars
firmly believe that he who touches a
beautiful woman with a kingfsher's
feather will gain her love.
People who appreciate the beauty of
fine ostrich feathers can imagine the
appearance of helmets formed entirely
of them; and yet they were so used
by the ancients without a thought, APP
parently, of their ornamental value.
Some old paintings show the artists
love for plumes of various kinds; the
peacock fans wave before an eastern
beauty, the long white plumes in some
hero's hat, the hereon's feather in the
saucy pages cap. while the plumes
that fall far down on white and
dimpled shoulders are depicted with
the prominence they deserve.
Womankind, doubtless, will always
approve of feathers-they are grace
full and becoming, adaptive and ele-
CANT.
And are not these virtues sufficient
guaranty for their continued favor?-
The Delineat0r.
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THREE OLD TOWNS.

The oldest town in the United States
is st. Augustine, the Spaniards having
built fort there in 1865. They were a
long while about it, but when it Was
finished it was a fine work for the time.
1t is now Fort Marion, and garrisoned by
United States troops.
jamestown, Va, comes next on the
list, having been settled in 1907 by the
English, but jamestown is not now in
existence. 1t was situated within the
present limits of James City, Va, on q
point of land projecting from the north
baGk of the James river, thirty two miles
above its mouth. The encroachments of
the river have made it an island, and a
portion of the site has been swept away.
Now, part of an old church tower
and some tombstones about it are the
only relics remaining.
Albany is the third oldest city in the
country. and the oldest of any import
ance. 1t was founded in 1923 by the
Dutch, and named in 1864 for the Duke
of York and Albany. 1t was originally
surrounded by stockade.
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.anitowoe pilot.
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1887.
Ras Aloola at Home.

The great Abyssinian chief Ras
Aloola,is at present a person of much
interest to the Italians, and the RI
lorna is publishing sketch of his
life, in the course of which it is stated
that he is the son of Abyssinian
peasants.
He was born about forty-five years
ago. in the village of Pamaka, near
Mekalle, and served for many years as
groom, under the uncle of the Negus
Ras Area. Later on he became master
OF the wardrobe at court, and married
the daughter Of Ras Areas, who died
not long after the marriage. He then
rose TO the rank of chamberlain, and
was finally made Governor of Tigre,
with the title of Ras.
Ras Aloola is of middle height, has
a chocolate-colored skin, and a thin
face, but is otherwise rather stout. He
never laughs, talks slowly, is polite to
strangers, but naughty to interiors.
His orders are only given once. If
they are not executed he horsewhips
his servants. As rule he wears
white cotton shirt and trousers. A
red fez covers his cloSe-cut hair. On
SPtSIdI OCCdSIOHS lie wears Teu SILK
shirt, the robe of the Governor. He
Is an excellent horseman, and it will
be difficult to find an Abyssinian who
bears the hardship of travelling better
than he. He accompanies the Negus
barefoOted on all his tours, and never
shows sign of fatigue. Having had
no education he can neither write nor
read, but is very intelligent and cum
ming, but pious and superstitious
withal
His avarice is extreme. He takes
everywhere, and gives nowhere.
Wherever he goes he takes everything
he can lay hold Of On his marches
he is accompanied by his servants,
who carry his wine, made of honey.
Ras Aloola is fond of women, but
tries TO conceal that fact.
One of the many Abyssinian poems
in his honor runs thus:
He is as fair as an angel,
And as strong as a lion,
Swift-toOted as leopard,
Wise as Solomon,
Generous king,
Is most valiant OF all.
The King has promised him the
crown of Kassala, if he can earn it.
Eight generals fight under him. His
daughter is a good and beautiful wo-
man, who has protected Count Salim-
beni and his companion, and it is due
to her influence that they have not
been killed.
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The One He Forgot.

John, 1 would like to invite my
friend, Mrs. Smalley, this evening.
Will you be able to be imp
mo, my dear. / must attend a
meeting of the knights of Honor, to-
night"
"Well, tomorrow EVENING""
II have the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and you know -"
"What about Wednesday EVENING""
ooh, the Odd Fellows meet that
night; and Thursday have meeting
of the Chosen Friends to attend; Fri.
day the Royal Templars; Saturday
there's special meeting of the Ma
sonic lodge, and ] couldn't miss that;
and then sunday-let me see-what is
there Sunday night, my dearP
THE Grand and Ancient Order of
Christian Fellowship"
why, | had forgotten; am l a
member of that-let me see"
but you have forgotten another
society, John, of which you were once
a member"
whats that?"
your wife's. "-Boston Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

DRUNKENNESS, or liquor habit, can be
can be cured by administering DIR.
Haines' Golden Specific. 1t can be
given in cup of coffee or tea without
the knowlede of the person taking it,
effecting a speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is moderate drinker
or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken the Golden Specific
in their coffee without their knowledge,
and to day believe they quit drinking of
their own free will. No harmful effects
results from it's administration. Cures
guaranteed: Send for circular and full
particulars. Address in confidence
GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co., 49, Race ST.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. Oct2S
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

A fine blooded brood mare, the pro
perty of Charles 81. Barnard, living near
Northbrook, Penn, some time ago broke
Der fore leg. DIR Huidekoper, of the
veterinary department of the University
of Pennsylvania was called in and he am
putated the broken limb. AS soon as
the stump was healed the surgeon fitted
an artificial leg to the mare, and she is
being instructed in its use. The leg is
taken off at night so that she can lie
down, and it is kept on for a few hours
every day. DR.. Huidekoper thinks the
animal will soon use the artificial limb
with ease.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

One of the most tender-hearted men
in this country lives in an adjoining
county. For nearly two years he kept
the cremated remains Of his first wife
in handsome jar on the mantelpiece,
A few days ago, during sleety weather,
he got down the jar and sprinkled the
ashes on the front steps for fear his
second wife might slip and break her
neck.-N0rrIstoaOn Herald.
"Croquet," said a vivacious Bryn
Mawr lady the other day, used to be
pleasant, graceful summer pastime
years ago, but it is no longer in favor,
lawn tennis having largely superseded
it. A preposterous innovation killed
it. When the enthusiastic players
discovered that the way to win the
game was to prevent your opponents
from winning, the game was changed
into as disagreeable form of amuse-
uent as was ever devised. 1t ceased
to be scientific play."-PhiladeLphia
Call.
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The Time to Battle.

1t is best to battle Just before going
to bed, says waiter to the London
Lancet, as any danger of catching cold
is thus avoided, and the complexion is
improved by keeping warm for several
hours after leaving the bath. A couple
of pounds of bran put into thin bag
and then in the bath-tut'is excellent
for softening the skin. 1t should be
left to soak in small quantity of
water several hours before being used.
The internal aids to clear complexion
are most of them well known, and the
present season is the best for a
thorAgh cleansing and purifying of
the blood. The old-fashioned remedy
of sulphur and molasses is considered
among the best. Charcoal powdered
and taken with water is said to be
excellent, but it is most difficult to
take. A strictly vegetable and fruit
diet is followed by many for one or
two weeks
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

From Milwaukee to the new Iron
Mining District in Wisconsin and
Michigan-Gogeb Wakefield, Bes-
semer, Ironwood and Hurley.
Direct line to Ashland and be
yond.
Sleeping cars between Ashland
and Chicago.
The Guide Book, and other de-
scriptivo matter, containing full in
formation, maps and engraving8 Of
the country traversed by the line,
will be sent on application to the
General Passenger Agent.
Chas. y Cole, Gen. Agent, 105
Washington street, Chicago.
Chicago Depot, Cor. Wells and
Kinne street, &C. d n. W. R'y.)
II. F. wHuTCoMB. CHAS. V. MCKINLAY,
Gen'l Manager. Gcn1 Pass. Agent.
MIEW AEkEE, WIS.
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ALL MEDICAL AUTHORITIES agree that
catarrh is no more nor less than an in
the nasal air passages. Nasal catarrh
and all catarrhal affections of the head
are not diseases of the blood, and it is a
serious mistake to treat them as such.
No conscientious physician ever attempts
to do SO. 1t is held by eminent medical
men that sooner or later a specific will
be found for every disease from which
humanity suffers. The facts justify us
in assuming that for catarrh, at least, a
positive cure already exists in Ely's
Cream Balm, 16
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

A certain barrister had a complete sys-
tenn for making out his fees, which We
fancy not peculiar to him alone of the lie
ral profession. "First," he said, 81
charge retsiner, and then I charge a
reminder, next / charge a refresher, and
then | charge q finisher." The clients
of good many lawyers very rarely have
enough left to get as far as the ''finish-
%
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At the postal-card factory in Castle
ton, Pa, between two and three tons a
day are manufactured the year round
The largest order ever filled for one
city was 100000 cards, or about
twelve tons of paper, for New York
city, where they use about 6.OOO, 900
cards month. Chicago comes next.
with about 5000, 600 cards in the same
period. There are 100000, 900 postal
cards manufactured annually. Two
cent postage did not lessen the use of
postal-cardS. but checked the growth
of their use for some little time. The
check has been overcome, and the
public are using more and more postal
cards every day.
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a New York lady who wears q h

A New York lady who wears beav-
er hat tells correspondent how she
keeps the nap so smooth and shiny.
She SAYS: First brush the hat thor
oughly, so as to get all the fibers
straig htened out in one direction.
Then take silk handkerchief and
pour into the middle of it about halt
teaspoonful of salad oil. Rub the
handkerchief in your hands until the
oil is thoroughly distributed through
it. Then 60 over your hat time after
time with the silk thus prepared. Lay
the handkerchief aside, and use il
every day upon the hat, without, how.
ever, replenishing the oil more than
once a week. The hat in this way will
be kept in perfect order, and even an
ordinary wetting viii not disturb it
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16
GREATLY ENGIDED

Not few of the citizens of Manitowoc
have recently become greatly excited
over the astounding facts, that several Of
their friends who had been pronounced
by their physicians as incurabls and
beyond all hope-suffering with that
dreaded monster Consumption-have
been completely cured by DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, the
only remedy that does positively cure
all throat and lung diseases, Coughs,
Colds, Asthma and Bronchitis. Trial
bottles free at Henry Hinrichs Drug
Store, large bottles 81.
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Died of famine, 1925, 900
BUCKLIN'S ARNICA SALVE.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands.
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piless, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction of money refunded
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by e
Hinrichs
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"hupustus. said ANGELINA To her lOyar

Augustus, " said Angelina to her lover
'you know that father has recently in
vested in a silver mine, and is going
there at once, and l cannot leave mother
alone; would you be willing to wait fol
me9" "Wait for you my darling?' ex-
claimed Augustus, with deep emotion
for his was no feeting love, 81 will wait
for you until we learn how the silver
mine turns out"
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A little incident is told in The Irish

A little incident is told in The Irish
Times about a monkey and dog: A
brave, active. intelligent terrier, belong
ing to a lady, one day discovered a
monkey, belonging TO an itinerant organ
grinder, seated upon bank withis the
grounds, aud at once made q dash for
him. The monkey, who was attired in
jacket and hat, awaited the onset in such
undisturbed tranquility that the dog
halted within few feet of him to recon
hotter. Both animals took long, steady
stare at each other, but the dog evident
ly was recovering from his surprise, and
about to make a spring for the intruder.
At this critical juncture the monkey, who
had remained perfectly quiet hitherto,
raised his paw and gracefully saluted by
lifting off his hat. The effect was magi-
cal. The dogs bead and tail dropped
and he sneaked off to the house, refus-
ing to leave it until his polite but mys.
ferrous guest had departed.
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DIR. Oliver P. Wolcott, an aged and
highly respected citizen of Milwaukee,
and brother of the late E. B. Wolcott, a
former surgeon-gener of the state, was
fieeced out $500 in cash by bunko
sharpers in that city. Detectives have
the case in hand.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-06-16

The heaviest locomotive in the world
weighs 100. GOO pounds. and IS on the
Canadian Pacific. The next heaviest
is the Southern Pacific's. 154, 900 pounds;
the third weighs 145, 900 pounds, and is
on the Northern Pacific, and Brazil owns
the fourth, weighing 144, 900 pounds.
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III Is 4 FACT

That DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic is cool.
ing to the blood, controls excessive pre-,
spiration, aud will safely tide you over
that period characterized by headache,
fainting spells, exhaustive spasmodic af
fections, and will give strength and new
life to the entire system.